>>>  it should be /mnt as well here, not /mnt/gnuguix.
>>> This error could be related, although I don’t quite understand how it
can happen.

Sorry, I had written really /mnt, not /mnt/gnuguix.


>>> This is due to the fact that /dev/sda was made a raw partition, whereas
it should actually contain the partition table and boot record.

I created the partition table and GNU Guix successfully installed.

Now, I have a problem with Skribilo:

root@antelope# guix package --list-installed
hello 2.9
ghostscript 9.06.0
openssl 1.0.1h
imagemagick 6.8.9-0
guile-reader-for-guile_2.0.11 0.6
skribilo 0.9.2

root@antelope# skribilo -version
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
2951: 3 [define-module* (skribilo utils syntax) #:filename ...]
2926: 2 [resolve-imports ((#) (#) (#))]
2867: 1 [resolve-interface (system reader library) #:select ...]
In unknown file:
    ?: 0 [scm-error misc-error #f ...]

ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
ERROR: no code for module (system reader library)

I read http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-06/msg00033.html ,
but guix package --search-paths displays nothing:
root@antelope# guix package --search-paths
root@antelope#


2014-09-12 14:04 GMT+02:00 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>:

> Luis Souto Graña <luissoutobueu@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > Sorry for the delay in replying. Effectively, I was wrong: hydra
> > substitutes work well, but it issues other error now:
>
> OK.
>
> > My new attempt, step by step:
>
> [...]
>
> > # mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda
>
> /dev/sda is the raw disk, so you should first make a partition table on
> it, using ‘parted’ for instance.
>
> After that, you can run, say, ‘mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1’.
>
> > # mount /dev/sda /mnt
>
> Here it’s /mnt, so...
>
> > # mkswap /dev/sdb
> > # swapon /dev/sdb
> > # free -m
> >             total    used    free
> > Men    2019    115    1904
> > swap    10239    0    10239
> > # deco start cow-store /mnt/gnuguix
>
> ... it should be /mnt as well here, not /mnt/gnuguix.
>
> > service cow-store has been started
> > fuse: bad mount point '/.rw-store': No such file or directory
>
> This error could be related, although I don’t quite understand how it
> can happen.
>
> > I changed only:  (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
> >
> > #guix system init /mnt/config.scm /mnt
> >
> > After 2 hours it issues the following error:
> >
> > /gnu/store/...-grub-2.0.0/sbin/grub-bios-setup:warning:File system 'ext2'
> > doesn't support embedding.
> > /gnu/store/...-grub-2.0.0/sbin/grub-bios-setup:warning:Embedding is not
> > possible. GRUB can only be installedin this setup by using blocklists.
> > However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.
> > guix system:error: failed to install GRUB on device '/dev/sda'
>
> This is due to the fact that /dev/sda was made a raw partition, whereas
> it should actually contain the partition table and boot record.
>
> HTH,
> Ludo’.
>